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    VA Nurse Pay Scales

    kristykat posted a topic in Government, Military

    Need help finding Title 38 pay schedules? I stumbled across this today for anyone who needs it: Title 38 Pay Schedules If you know your VA's station number you can look up the pay scale in the...
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    2015 allnurses Salary Survey Results

    kristykat replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Tampa FL $27.63 base + 19% night diff + 25% weekend diff 3 years RN/BSN Med
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    My PT called 911

    kristykat replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    I had a pt (confused, ankle fx, dialysis, obese) call 911 because she wanted to leave & needed a ride
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    I was hired as part of the RN residency/Transition to Practice program. It gets listed on usajobs like all the rest of the VA jobs. I have absolutely no idea what area I will be in but I'm assuming...
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    University of South Florida Accelerated BSN

    kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida Nursing

    USF looks at all college courses completed/attempted when calculating your cumulative GPA. Hope that helps!
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    University of South Florida Accelerated BSN

    kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida Nursing

    I was on the VA team & we never had clinicals on Fridays. Plus Fundies was only one clinical day per week. All of the other clinicals were two days per week. Your clinical days will vary based on...
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    University of South Florida Accelerated BSN

    kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida Nursing

    This was my schedule when I started in May 2011. Be ready for non-stop studying and exams! Fundies: Mon & Thu 0800-1045 Physical Exam & Assessment: Mon & Thu 1100-1215 Pharmacology: Mon...
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know what floor I'll be on. My friend in Gainesville said that she's on a tele floor most of the time, but she also spends a lot of time floating to other floors as well. I think she's been...
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Hiring process is in full swing! I'm scheduled to go in on Tuesday for my physical and fingerprinting. In the meantime, I've completed about a gazillion HR forms, VetPro, and E-QIP. Praying that...
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    I spent a good chunk of my life as an Army brat so working at the VA will feel like I'm back at home. I've officially been a civilian for almost 13 years now and I'm still not used to it
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Good news! I talked to a friend who is in the residency program at another VA. She confirmed that she and another classmate were hired without an interview. She said that she was also given a...
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    VA Hiring Process

    kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    I wish I would have read through this thread this morning... I applied at the VA 1/12/13, received a phone call from the Chief Nursing Educator asking for more info about my references on 2/13/13,...
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    Bayfront Health System

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    I graduated last August & got my license in
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    Tampa, FL Hospitals: HELP!

    kristykat replied to rachel3332's topic in Florida Nursing

    They do hire new grads...I graduated last August and have an interview with them next week.
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    St Joseph's Tampa NICU Internship

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    Got the official rejection email the other day. On the good side, I recently interviewed for their new grad internship and met with the director over all of the internships who informed me that they...
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    Bayfront Health System

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    I got another rejection from St. Anthony's today too lol. Did the recruiter say how many applicants got thru to the 2nd round of interviews? She just told me that they had a whooooole bunch to...
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    Bayfront Health System

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    I interviewed for Bayfront's GN program last Thursday. The recruiter said that I may hear back from them as early as later this week but it will most likely not be until next
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    St Joseph's Tampa NICU Internship

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    I haven't but my app status still says "under
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    St Joseph's Tampa NICU Internship

    kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida Nursing

    I applied but my status still says under consideration too. I interviewed earlier this week for the L&D internship but didn't get chosen.
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    Addison's vs. Cushings, Electrolytes, Oh my

    kristykat replied to BubbysMa's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think of it like this: AddisOns: "O" = HypO Everything is hypo except for potassium: hyponatremia, hypotension, hypovolemic, hypoglycemia, and hypERkalemia ADDisons: need to "ADD" steroid CUshings:...
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    Burn patients who became burn nurses

    kristykat posted a topic in Burn

    How many of you burn nurses were once burn patients yourselves? How many of you have visible burn scars? I was burned back in 1982 when I was 4 years old. I have visible scars on my face, chest,...
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    USF Fall 2012

    kristykat replied to samiam856's topic in Florida Nursing

    Just wanted to pop my head in here real quick & says congrats to the incoming class! I just graduated from the 2nd degree program last weekend. It's a tough one so be prepared but also hang in...
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    University of South Florida Accelerated BSN

    kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida Nursing

    Update: I have managed to survive so far and will be starting my final semester next week. I can't believe graduation is right around the corner!! Congrats to all of the new incoming classes! Hope...
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    Lakeland Regional Medical Center

    kristykat replied to Missy89's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm currently doing my peds/OB rotation there. We had the nurse recruiter come talk to us during our post conference about working there. She gave us some numbers for differentials...anyone willing...
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    question for people who took kaplan and nclex-rn

    kristykat replied to meltnpointofwax's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, my school made us fork out $450 for the Kaplan review. We have "practice" exams each semester for the material that was covered. It's only pass/fail for those in the accelerated program but I've...